Snap and buckle



Nov. 27,1923. 1,475,420

L. P. BABEUF SNAP AND BUCKLE Filed March e, 1922 u Patented Novo E?, 1923,

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SNAP. AND BUCKLE.

Application filed March G, 1322. Serial No. 541,505.l

To 'all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that 1, Louis l. Bannon, a citizen of the United States, .residing at Gravelbourg, in the county of Saskatchewan and Dominion of Canada, have invented.certain new and useful mprovements in Snaps and Buckles, ot which the followingV l A pair of spaced apart longitudinal slots 21 and 22 separated by 'a tine 23 and adaptedl is avspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in a combined buckle and snap hook and has for its object to provide such a device especially adapted for use in connection with harness. l

Another object ofthe invention is to provide a harness buckle so arranged that the strap held by the buckle will control a snap hook connected to said buckle.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a buckle having a snap hook pivotally connected thereto and so arranged that the strap held by said buckle will control the action of said hook.

With the above and other objects in view I have invented the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevational view or" my snap hook and buckle shown in operative position;

Figure 2 is a similar view, the snap being shown in inoperative position;

Figure 3 is a top plan view of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a section on line 4-4 of Figure 3; and

Figure 5 is a front end elevational view of the device.

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the following specification and in the several views in the drawings in which, 1 indicates a combined snap hook and buckle which consists oi a. buckle 2, having a projecting end 3 to which the Vsnap hook 4 is pivotally connected by means of a rivet pin 5, which projects through the spaced apart similarly formed side walls 6 and 7 of the snap hook, and the enlargement 8 of said member 3 which seats between the lower ends 9 and 10 of saidrmembers 6 and 7 and which also forms a spacer for said ends 9 and 10. The members 6 and 7 are provided with rearwardly projecting arms 11 and 12 having opposing apertures 13 to receive the rivet pin 14 by means otwhich the rea-r portion 15 of the jaw member 16 is pivotally connected to said arms 11 and 12. The forward ends of the members 6 and 7 are upwardly inclined and terminate in hooks 17 and 18 held spacedapart byA the spacer rivet 19 andthe forward endof the memberj16 terminates in ahook- 2O which slidably operates-between'w the membersf17 and 18,V said latter hook being arranged in opposingl position relative to the members 17 and 18. The buckle 2 is provided `with a to receive the end 24. of the strap 25, said strap being provided. with a'longitudinally arranged slot 26 near its-terminal27 the` purpose of, said slot 26 being to receive the hook 28 vformedon the` rear terminal 29 of the member 16. The vstrap terminal 27, acting upon the member 28, holds the jaw hook 20 between the similarly-formed membersk 17 and 18 to engage the Vring 30 on the end of the strap 31 in which position said members will remain both through the action of said strap terminal 27 and through the curvature ot said hook jaws 17, 18 and 20. lA

stud 32 is provided on the pin 23 against' which 'the .member 28 is adapted to abut when the terminal 27 of said strap is drawn a suliicient distance down towards said stud. This arrangement prevents any possibility of accidental opening or separation of the jaw member 2O from the members 17 and 18, as indicated in dotted lines in Figure 1. However, upon suh'icient nger pressure upon the portion 33 of the member 16, the forward part of said Vmember may be pressed down out of engagement with the jaw hooks 17 and 18, as yindicated in dotted position, Figure 2.

Having described my invention that which l'. claim as new and desire to procure by Letters Patent is:

1. A device of the character described including a buckle having a bracket extension y snap hook consisting of pivotally connected jaw members, one of said members having a terminal connected with said strap;

3. A device of the character described including a buckle having a bracket extension and a snap hook pivoted to said extension, said snap hook being strap controlled, said strap being held by said buckle, said snap hook consist-ing of'pivotally Connected jaw members, one of said members having a terminal connected witha said strap, saidv strap having a slot to receive said terminal;

4. A. device of the character described in cluding a buckle having a bracket extension andv a snap hook pivoted to said extension, said snap hook being strap controlled, said strap being held by said buckle, said snap hook consisting `or" pivotally connected jaw members, one of said members having aterminal connected with said strap, said strap having a slot to receive said terminal, said terminal being in the Jform of a hook;

5. A device of the character described including a buckle havinga bracket extension and a snap hook pivoted to said extension, said snap hook being formed Iof a pair of similarly formed spaced apart members and Y a hook member pivotally mounted between said members, said members having hook terminals adapted to co-act with the hook terminal of said other member;

6. A device of the character described in- Lei/5,420

cluding a buckle having a bracket extension and a snap hook pivoted to said extension, said snap hook being formed of a pair of similarly'formed spaced apart members and a hook member pivotally mounted between saidV members, said members having hook terminals adapted to co-act with theyhook terminal of said other member, means whereby a strap controls said hook member; Y

7. A device of theV character described including a buckle havingv a bracket extension and `a snap hook pivoted t0 said extension, said snap hook being formed of a pair of similarly Jformed spaced apart members and a hook member pivotally mounted between said members, said members having hook terminals adapted to co-act with the hook terminal of said other memiber, means whereby a strap controls said hook member, said buckle having a. stop adapted to limit the action of said snap hook. Y

ln testimony whereof l aiiiX myl signatur(` in the presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS P. BABEUF.

lVitnesses: s ARTHUR DUBUrSsoN, ADELARD LEFORT. 

